# Accident 20050915026019A: Cessna 180A, Lodi, WI, September 15, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2005, 15:15 local time
- Place: Lodi, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3164° N, 89.5319° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3164&lon=-89.5319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N392PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N392PT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 36 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050915026019A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) CESSNA 180, N392PT EQUIPPED WITH AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT OVERTURNED AFTER LANDING ON LAKE WISCONSIN, NEAR LODI WISCONSIN ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2005. THE VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT INITIALLY DEPARTED MADISON, WISCONSIN, LANDED AT BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN AND THEN PROCEEDED TO LAKE WISCONSIN. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ REPORTED THAT HE HAD ALREADY MADE TWO UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS ON THE LAKE. HE STATED ON THE THIRD LANDING, WHILE STILL ON THE STEP, IT FELT LIKE THE RIGHT FLOAT HIT SOMETHING IN THE WATER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE A HARD RIGHT TURN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATED THE AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED ROLLING TO THE LEFT. HE STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE ROLL AND THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE WATER. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE LEFT ROLL COMING TO REST INVERTED IN THE LAKE. MILWAUKEE FSDO PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE LAKE. THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE WAS NOTED: RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE WRINKLED AFT OF THE CABIN DOOR; RIGHT WING SPAR BROKEN APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET FROM THE TIP; SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING FROM THE MIDDLE TO THE WING TIP;SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FLAPS AND AILERON; RIGHT FLOAT HAD A SMALL SCRAPE APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES LONG LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOAT AFT OF THE FORWARD ATTACH POINT. THE LEFT FLOAT HAD AN APPROXIMATE 5 FOOT CREASE ON THE BOTTOM, NO INDICATION OF PAINT BEING CHIPPED OR DENTING OF THE FLOAT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA268), Sep 15, 2005: Cessna 180A (N392PT), Lodi, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing resulting in a nose-over.

## Other reports on N392PT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130216001359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130216001359I), Feb 16, 2013: Cessna 180A (N392PT), Waukesha, WI, Minor damage. After an hour long flight in the local area, the pilot extended the landing gear in preparation for landing. The pilot stated that the right gear extended and…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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